Decision support system and the adoption of lean in a Swedish emergency ward: Balancing supply and demand towards improved value stream

International Journal of Lean Six Sigma

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 234-248

  Setijono, Djoko ^a   Naraghi, Ashkan Mohajeri ^b   Ravipati, Uday Pavan ^c  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b PAUD RAAD Industrial Group   (Iran)

^c Gayathri Institute of Hardware Technology   (India)

Author keywords

Accident and emergency; Lean production; Simulation; Supply and demand; Sweden

Indexed keywords

EID: 84873443362     PISSN: 20404166     EISSN: 20404174     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/20401461011075026     Document Type: Article

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